New option “Cartographical scale in caption” to display cartographic scale in a 2D-window title based on the current zoom, raster pixel size and screen resolution in the menu “Settings/ Windows/ cartographic scale in caption”

Digital terrain models

New option “Batch Export” for DEMs menu “DEM/ Export/ Batch export”

Default name for automatic built contour layers is “Contours”

New option “Smooth contours” for quasicontours with TIN building TIN in menu “TIN/ Build”

New option “Convert to vector layer” for TIN converting to vector objects (nodes, edges, triangles) in the menu “TIN/ Convert to vector layer”

New option “DEM conversion” to recalculate DEMs from one adjustment result to the second adjustment result in the menu “DEM/ DEM conversion”

New option “Auto-update” for the contour during editing the corresponding TIN in the window “Build contours from TIN” in menu “Vectors/ Build contours/ from TIN”

Vector editor

Ability to change size and font for vector labels without classifier in the window “Layer display settings”

New Option “Batch Export” for vector layers with classifier in DXF format in the menu “Vectors/ Batch Export/ DXF”

New Option “Batch Export” for layers without classifier to the specified format in the menu “Vectors/ Export/ Batch export”

Raster operations

Support of input format of satellite data Canopus-B and BKA of processing level 3A, 3B during converting images in Raster Converter. In the list of found images a line will turn red if the processing level is not suitable for photogrammetric operations and turn yellow if there is no RPC metadata or rigorous model data

PHOTOMOD GeoMosaic

Ability to sort images on the pixel size in the window “Project images list”

New option “Save selected to file” to save image network address in the text file in the window “Project images list”

Distributed processing

Ability to open the corresponding log file for the completed/ failed tasks in the distributed processing monitor by double mouse clicking

PHOTOMOD 6.0.1725 — 6.0.1.1788

Setup

New localization architecture including Chinese, English, Greek, Russian, Spanish languages. Ability to select an installer language and a program language while installing. Ability to change a language of program installed — “System monitor/ Language”

For the local version: update of command line HASP driver installer (haspdinst.exe). It enables to install HASP driver in Windows 8 manually by using a command line

Core

For the Block scheme: ability to insert a value of the initial approximation (overlap) less than 1%, i.e. no limit of minimum overlap percent to form interstrip stereopairs (Service/ Settings/ Block scheme/ Minimum images overlap for forming interstrip stereopairs)

Ability to sort objects by any column in the Objects list window (Window/ Object list)

New features to handle results of contours intersection search in the Intersection points window. Ability to export contours intersection point list to CSV format and load them as points to vector layer for viewing in 2D window (Vectors/ Contour operations/ Search for contours intersections)

Support of line color, style and width saving while exporting vectors from a layer with classifier to MIF/MID format

New command — “Block — Split into strips — By metadata”. It intends for satellite imagery projects and splits block into strips, in each of which closed images from the same circuit may be adjusted like one patchwork.

Libraries for support of VisionMap SLF

Ability to do matching in radiometric correction window when pressing button “Auto”. 2 new methods: “Standard deviations” and “Autocolor”

Ability to create stereo quality map on the base of parametric search criterion

Ability to filter images by heading and pitch

New command — “Orientation — Delete points outside useful areas”.

Display of information about focal length of the camera in detailed report on interior orientation of the image

Sorting by name and size in profile and virtual folder panels

Window of ground sample distance (GSD) for the group of images in menu “Block”

New command - “Block - Split into strips - By metadata”. It intends for satellite imagery projects and splits block into strips, in each of which closed images from the same circuit may be adjusted like one patchwork.

Libraries for support of VisionMap SLF

Ability to do matching in radiometric correction window when pressing button “Auto”. 2 new methods: “Standard deviations” and “Autocolor”

Ability to create stereo quality map on the base of parametric search criterion

Ability to filter images by heading and pitch

New command - “Orientation - Delete points outside useful areas”

Display of information about focal length of the camera in detailed report on interior orientation of the image

Sorting by name and size in profile and virtual folder panels

Window of ground sample distance (GSD) for the group of images in menu “Block”

Support of irregular points set import from CSV file into DEM without compute points stage of processing

Button “Read extents from file” in parameters of DEM creating from CSV file

Command of height measurement not only on the origin but also on the subsampled DEM with ability to input image subsampling factor.

Support of the double sheets for latitudes to north of 60

N in menu “Vectors - Create standard orthomap sheet frames”

Parameter “XY plane area on the reference surface” in the command “Polyline properties”

Commands “Show/hide labels in all layers” and “Show/hide labels in active layer” in menu “Edit”

Ability to export all line objects irrespectively of the number of vertexes in the window of the export vectors to CSV file

Export of vectors to PLY file

Option “Split into fragments” for the export of DEM to CSV file.

Mosaic

Saving of images with LZW-compression

Checkbox “Speed/Quality” in the parameters of creating fast-ortho images

Ability to change values of any field with synchronous recalculation of all other fields in the window “Print map”

PHOTOMOD 5.2.1195 — 5.21.1249

New features

General

Acceleration of the JPEG file processing

Improved user interface of 2D window:
special layer manager of Navigation window has been implemented
hotkeys to return to the previous zoom and switch between the predefined zoom levels
displaying the working coordinate system in the status bar
the dialog for working coordinate system selection by mouse double click on the status bar

Ability to perform BCG correction in spite of the graphics adapter technical characteristics

Global position system functionality has been enhanced by support of GLONASS data

Recalculating working area by loaded data outlines

CSV import procedure supports UTF-8 encoding for any type of data

Improved user interface of main toolbar: new buttons for the frequently used functions have been added

Pan-sharpening:
supporting of arbitrary bands number of multispectral images
automatic refinement of the image superposition using the correlation
the dialog box of the input and output images list editing in batch mode

Forced disabling the rasters smoothing(anti-aliasing) when the zoom level is greater than 100%

Disabling the stereopair navigation buttons in the absence of opened stereo pair

Acceleration of converting DEMs from one coordinate system to another

Calculating of average DEM by several source matrixes

New utility: semi-transparent rasters displaying in stay-on-top mode

Pushbroom imagery processing

The format of storing SPOT metadata in the project has been changed in order to speed up the data loading (maintained backward compatibility: the new version can process the old projects)

Supporting of ALOS PRISM level 1B2 with RPC in the CEOS format

Supporting of grouping images acquired on the same orbit in block adjustment process

Increasing of the maximum block size, which can be adjusted on GPU

VisionMap A3 project processing

The latest version of the source images format has been supported

ADS 40 project processing

The algorithm of epipolar images calculating in the projects with the low precision of adjustment has been modified for better stability

Ability of converting principal point coordinates between reference systems with origin at the center and left-lower corner

Automatic recalculation of interior orientation parameters when making any changes to the camera managing window

Import of the camera passport from the EnsoMOSAIC format

AT — tie points measurement window

The context menu in the windows of images have been added

The new tool (frame) to facilitate point measuring by the center of the object has been added

The "Set active image as “left” new button in the main toolbar has been added

AT — maps window

The manual movement of the marker by Z has been allowed

AT — work with exterior orientation

Ability to change the sign of α, ω, κ angles when importing of the EO

The new command in the EO catalogue to calculate the Kappa angle in the direction of trajectory

AAT

Zone selection for points calculation has been removed

SolverA

Only the images, contained in subblock, are displayed in subblocks adjustment

Adjustment enhancement due to errors minimization in 3D space

DTM processing

Improved the dialogs of surges filters for dense and sparse DTM

Ability to take into account the average intersection angle when selecting stereo pairs for the calculation has been added

Vector objects processing

Procedure of the vector objects group selecting has been improved

Editing of existing objects in the CAD-object creation mode

Import vector objects from KML format

Ability to fill the objects of the "polygon" type with specified color and the degree of transparency

Option of fragment replace

Non-displayed objects with classification codes are not involved in select and snapping operations

FastOrtho

Acceleration of creating layer and saving into file

FastOrtho creating parameters set has been enhanced:
The georeference file format selection,
A wide range of output raster formats,
Ability of orthorectification on the specified constant height,
Ability of the images processing with an arbitrary number of bands

GeoMosaic

Ability of automatic assigning of filenames for resources, which contain sheets, cutlines and ties, using the name of current project

Improved user interface for searching of edge images without background